Staff Reporter
Islamabad
New initiative of e-commerce by Pakistan Post would turn the department into a profitable organization through capturing major chunk of this innovative domain.
Ministry of Communications and Postal Services, headed by Murad Saeed had introduced some new initiatives in view of the growing e-commerce market in the country to further strengthen the financial services of the department and meet the modern needs of its customers, an official of Pakistan Post told on Tuesday.
‘Pakistan Post is providing e-commerce facility with different options including delivery partner, sale through postal counter, collect and return service and co-branded partner’, he said. He said that Pakistan Post also offered cost-effective Cash on Delivery (COD) at regular and subsidized bulk user rates to delivery partners. He said that Pakistan Post also intended to offer collaboration with interested e-commerce partners, through selling their products using postal counters, by providing brochures or using tabloids for order placement on online Pakistan Post Shop.
He said that the department was also offering collect and return services for the exchange and return of articles through poster counters. ‘Co-branded partner allow to display partner products on Pak Post Shop with specific or customized products for online Pak Post Shop for sale’ he added. The official said that many international web portal operators have shown their interest to enter into Pakistan market with Pakistan Post as their delivery partner.
